I get the feeling that they wasted a lot of money, 1.5 lane in and out now. What genius planed that.

Still a good traffic flow. Personaly I was never confident about using the green middle lane. I always hugged the inside land.  Coning off the middle is good for me.

I definitely prefer it with the middle lane blocked off.

I don't go through at peak hour, but I haven't noticed any tailbacks heading north because of  this change.

Maybe they're going to do what I suggested a year or two back. Divider down the middle lane, one lane each direction with half a lane each for breakdowns.

Now all that is left to be desired is a round-about on top instead of these stupid traffic lights. There is enough room for it, and it would be much better than standing at a red light for two minutes. If only Thai drivers would know the basic rules of a round-about. (Or traffic circle, if you mind.)

13 hours ago, hkt83100 said:

Now all that is left to be desired is a round-about on top instead of these stupid traffic lights. There is enough room for it, and it would be much better than standing at a red light for two minutes. If only Thai drivers would know the basic rules of a round-about. (Or traffic circle, if you mind.)

They'd probably block off two exits and make you do a u-turn, like at Heroine's Monument! Traffic flow would be so much better if Thai drivers knew how to deal with roundabouts but dangerous u-turns are the preferred way here.

17 hours ago, hkt83100 said:

Now all that is left to be desired is a round-about on top instead of these stupid traffic lights. There is enough room for it, and it would be much better than standing at a red light for two minutes. If only Thai drivers would know the basic rules of a round-about. (Or traffic circle, if you mind.)

Roundabouts don't work here, which is why Heroines is blocked off and Chalong Circle is a nightmare.

3 hours ago, madmitch said:

They'd probably block off two exits and make you do a u-turn, like at Heroine's Monument! Traffic flow would be so much better if Thai drivers knew how to deal with roundabouts but dangerous u-turns are the preferred way here.

the only roundabout that you can call one is the one in phuket town near the grocery, the rest are just dot's on a crossroad.

and yes, the monument roundabout is realy useless, 90% of the time closed

2 minutes ago, Psimbo said:

Roundabouts don't work here, which is why Heroines is blocked off and Chalong Circle is a nightmare.

they would work if they where bigger

I'm happy with the underpass but as others have said only use the left lane.

If it stops idiots overtaking in the wrong lane I'm all for it!, I never felt safe in the middle lane anyways.